# prositi
## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈprosici/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈprosici/

### Verb

prositi impf
* to ask for
    prositi ženy za sěto court/woo a woman / to make a proposal to her
* to beg

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | supine | verbal noun |
| prositi | prosit | prošenie |
| | Present | Present | Present | Imperative | Imperative | Imperative |
| | Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | prošu | prosívě (-va) | prosím (-me/-my) | – | prosvě, prosivě (-va) | prosme, prosim (-me/-my) |
| 2nd person | prosíš | prosíta | prosíte | pros, prosi | prosta, prosita | proste, prosite |
| 3rd person | prosí | prosíta | prosie | pros, prosi | prosta, prosita | proste, prosite |
| | Sigmatic aorist | Sigmatic aorist | Sigmatic aorist | Imperfect | Imperfect | Imperfect |
| | Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| 1st person | prosich | prosichově (-va) | prosichom (-me/-my) | prosiech | prosiechově (-va) | prosiechom (-me/-my) |
| 2nd person | prosi | prosista (-šta) | prosiste (-šte) | prosieše | prosiešta (-sta) | prosiešte (-ste) |
| 3rd person | prosi | prosista (-šta) | prosichu | prosieše | prosiešta (-sta) | prosiechu |
| | L-participle | L-participle | L-participle | Passive participle | Passive participle | Passive participle |
| | Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Masculine | prosil | prosila | prosili | prošen | prošena | prošeni |
| Feminine | prosila | prosile | prosily | prošena | prošeně | prošeny |
| Neuter | prosilo | prosile | prosila | prošeno | prošeně | prošena |
| | Nt-participle | Nt-participle | Nt-participle | S-participle | S-participle | S-participle |
| | Singular | Dual | Plural | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Masculine | prosě | prosiece | prosiece | prosiv | prosivše | prosivše |
| Feminine | prosieci | prosiece | prosiece | prosivši | prosivše | prosivše |
| Neuter | prosě, prosieci | prosiece | prosiece | prosiv, prosivši | prosivše | prosivše |
Note: This table shows the most common forms of prositi around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

#### Derived terms

* oprositi
* poprositi
* prosba
* prosívati
* uprositi
* vyprositi

#### Descendants

* Czech: prosit

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “prositi”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prǒsiti/
* Hyphenation: pro‧si‧ti

### Verb

pròsiti impf (Cyrillic spelling про̀сити)
* (transitive, intransitive) to beg, ask alms (usually money)
* (transitive) to woo, propose (girl)
* (Croatia, regional) to ask

#### Derived terms

* ispròsiti
* zapròsiti

### Further reading

* “prositi”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *prositi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *práśīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prɔsìːti/, /prɔsíːti/

### Verb

prosīti impf
* to ask, to make a request

#### Derived terms

* izprosīti
* naprosīti
* poprosīti
* preprosīti
* priprosīti
* zaprosīti

### Further reading

* “prositi”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “prositi”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references